Lupine Publishers Publication
Ethics Publication Ethics: All the Journals in Lupine Publishers adheres to the
highest possible ethical standards, for example, by the International Committee
of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE). If an ethical problem related to a
submitted or published article is referred to the Editorial Board member, then
he will evaluate the problem as outlined by appropriate bodies such as the
ICMJE and the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), and take appropriate
steps. The following are problems in the ethics of publication that every
author should be familiar with. Violations of any of the following ethical
principles may incur sanctions described below. Plagiarism All journals
published by Lupine Publishers are committed to publishing only original
material, i.e., material that has neither been published nor is under review
elsewhere. Lupine Publisher’s journals as a participant of plagiarism pro
software tool, to detect instances of overlapping and similar text in submitted
manuscripts. Manuscripts that are found to have been plagiarized from a
manuscript by other author(s), whether published or unpublished, will incur
plagiarism sanctions. Duplicate Submission Manuscripts that are found to have
been published elsewhere, or to be under review elsewhere, will incur duplicate
submission/publication sanctions. If author(s) have used their own previously
published work, or work that is currently under review, as the basis for a
submitted manuscript, they are required to cite the previous work and indicate
how their submitted manuscript offers novel contributions beyond those of the
previous work. Citation Manipulation Submitted manuscripts that are found to
include citations whose primary purpose is to increase the number of citations
to a given author’s work, or to articles published in a particular journal,
will incur citation manipulation sanctions.
Data Fabrication and
Falsification Submitted manuscripts that are found to have either fabricated or
falsified experimental results, including the manipulation of images, will
incur data fabrication and falsification sanctions. Redundant Publications
Redundant publications involve the inappropriate division of study outcomes
into several articles. Publisher Responsibilities: The publisher is committed
to follow and comply with the International Committee of Medical Journal
Editors (ICMJE) Recommendations. The publisher does not influence the editors’
decisions and pledges the review process probity. The publisher is committed to
respond to research misconduct complaints promptly, received
atsupport@lupinepublishers.com. Use of Human and Animal Subjects: In any
studies, involving human subjects must include a statement that their relevant
institutional committee has approved the described work. In the case of
experiments involving animals, the author(s) should provide a statement
assuring that the described experiments have been approved by the relevant
institutional committee. The following is a summary of our expectations from
editors, reviewers, and author(s) to follow the publication ethics standards
and the procedures of handling the unethical behaviors.
